TREVOR:
FOR COMMUTERS AROUND THE
PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE TRAFFIC
NIGHTMARE HAS ARRIVED.
WELCOME TO KOIN 6 NEWS AT 11:00,
I'M TREVOR AULT.
ONE HOUR AGO, THE RAMP FROM I-5
SOUTHBOUND TO I-84 IN THE ROSE
QUARTER SHUT DOWN AS O-DOT CAN
-- BEGINS A MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT.
KOIN 6'S JENNIFER DOWLING IS
LIVE IN MOBILE 6 WITH A LOOK AT
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
JENNIFER, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
JENNIFER: WE ARE HEADING
TOWARD
THAT AREA FROM THE BROADWAY
BRIDGE AREA.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH IT OVER TO
THE TRAFFIC CAMUSSO YOU CAN SEE.
THIS AREA COULD RESULT IN
TWO-HOUR DELAYS FOR PEOPLE.
WE ARE JUST ENTERING A
CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH MERGES.
DO YOU SEE THE EXIT?
301 YOU THAT HEAD TOWARD THE
DALLES, AND THAT WILL CAUSE A
LOT OF TRAFFIC SNAFUS.
YOU CAN SEE THIS 301
EXITS, 80
FOUR EAST, 30 EAST, RIGHT IN THE
ROSE QUARTER.
THAT IS THE EXIT SHUTDOWN NOW,
AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE A
LOT OF DELAYS.
I AM EXPECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE
TRAVELING IN FROM VANCOUVER ON
THAT MORNING COMMUTE TO BE STUCK
IN A LOT OF CONGESTION.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY
THREE TO FOUR TIMES AS LONG TO
GET WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
JENNIFER: THE TRAFFIC BACKUP
NEAR RAMPS IN THE ROSE QUARTER
IS EXPECTED TO BE EPIC.
MY CONCERN IS MY BUS MIGHT BE
DELAYED, AND I MIGHT GO TO WORK
EARLIER OR MAYBE AFTER WORK I
WILL GO HOME FROM WORK LATER.
JENNIFER: THE I-5
SOUTHBOUND TO
I-84 EASTBOUND RAMP IS NOW
CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL JULY
23.
GARY KHASKIN SAYS SOME EMPLOYEES
AT HIS BEAVERTON BUSINESS ARE
WORRIED.
I ALREADY HAD ONE OF MY
EMPLOYEES ASK ME FOR TIME OFF
DURING THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH
OF TIME.
JENNIFER: HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF
TONIGHT'S CLOSURE.
IF YOU ARE HEADING DOWN I-5
SOUTH FROM VANCOUVER TOMORROW
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT
, HERE TO GET ON I-84 TOWARD THE
AIRPORT.
YOU WILL HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY
AROUND THE WEST SIDE TO
TRACKBACK AROUND TO 84.
THIS COULD AFFECT TRAFFIC,
LEADING TO TWO-HOUR DELAYS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST
INTERCHANGES IN THE STATE.
JENNIFER: AFTER THAT WRAPS UP
TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, THE I-84
WESTBOUND TO THE I-5 NORTHBOUND
RAMP WILL CLOSE.
THAT IS ON JULY 25.
THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE HEADING
INTO DOWNTOWN FROM THE AIRPORT,
THE EXIT TO SEATTLE WILL BE
OFF-LIMITS.
ON THIS CLOSURE, IF YOU ARE
HEADING FROM THE AIRPORT AND YOU
WANT TO GET NORTH ON I-5 TOWARD
VANCOUVER, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO
SOUTH AND LOOP
ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
THIS PARTICULAR DELAY COULD LAST
THREE HOURS WITH BACKUP TO THE
GORGE.
I-84 WESTBOUND TO I-5
NORTHBOUND, THAT'S WHEN WE ARE
GOING TO START SEEING THOSE
THREE HOUR-LONG COMMUTE TRIPS
BETWEEN I-205 AND I-5.
WE'LL SEE THE BACKUP TO
TROUTDALE, THE GLEN JACKSON
BRIDGE, AND SUNNYSIDE.
JENNIFER: AND FINALLY ON AUGUST
17, THE I-84 WESTBOUND TO I-5
SOUTHBAND RAMP WILL CLOSE TO
SALEM, NEAR THE MODA CENTER.
IF YOU ARE COMING FROM THE
THE AIRPORT ON 84, YOU WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO GET DOWN SOUTH ON I-5
TO SALEM.
YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOP AROUND THE
CITY'S WEST SIDE TO GET BACK TO
THIS VANTAGE POINT.
RUNNING A BUSINESS IS VERY
HARD TO DO WITH THAT.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A
MESS.
JENNIFER: WE ARE ON SIDE
STREETS.
WE HAD TO LOOP AROUND BECAUSE
THE STREETS WERE CLOSED.
I EXPECT THE STREETS HERE WILL
BE PACKED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO GET THROUGH ON THE
SIDE STREETS AND A SECONDARY
STREETS TO TRY TO GET TO WHERE
THEY ARE GOING.
THESE CLOSURES ARE GOING TO BE
MASSIVE FOR THOSE
COMING IN AND
PUTTING ON THEIR BRAKES.
TOMORROW, THE FIRST CLOSURE, I
SHOWED YOU THE FIRST OF
THREE.
THE FIRST IS THE I-5 SOUTHBOUND
TO I-84 HEADING OUT TO THE
AIRPORT.
PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY ON
SOUTH I-5 WILL GET SNARLED
UP,
PROBABLY PUT ON THEIR BRAKES IF
THEY ARE NOT EXPECTING THAT
THE DID YOU ARE.